@Nanori I get that when there's a 'R' in the month!

@cherokeepatti Awww, I know Patti and you are doing an amazing thing.
Congrats! :)

@4meAndyou Also remember my daughter had 3 things going on at one time, two autoimmune, systemic lupus and Hashimotos a bit later developing. I noticed a pattern with her. When she would ask for something new (usually at the health food store) I’d always get it for her. Then when I saw that she was consuming it a lot and often I would take note. And started studying on the item and the health benefits. I had about 15 books at home and would quickly go through them for clues. If I didn’t find anything there I would go to the public library and look. Always found a link to her illnesses and the products she was consuming. First green tea, then meat substitutes, then salmon, garam masala (curry powders), and eggplant. Each one had some kind of health benefit for her problems and was helping with those symptoms. So I kept buying for her.

@cherokeepatti And she was just naturally craving those things! Amazing!

@4meAndyou I don’t think she ever studied any of them before asking. Mostly spontaneous. Tried a sample of curried mung beans that an Indian couple cooked in an electric skillet at the health food store. She liked them enough to buy a pack of mung beans and garam masala (they made a fortune off of that) for over $4.00. But it caused her to crave garam masala and curry spices. She took it home and made it for dinner and loved it. Every day I would come home after work and she’d be opening and draining a can of green beans, sauteeing sliced onions and then put the green beans in the pan and sprinkled garam masala on it and ate it all. I knew the curry spices had something in them to benefit her health So I looked up each ingredient and they are all anti-inflammatory and COX II pain inhibitors, good for arthritis (including lupus arthritis) and all kinds of inflammation….ginger, cayenne, turmeric cloves etc.

@AbbeyRhode Record profits at end of the year ;)

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Someone has to ;)

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout and we love you for that

@Musicman AND you are studying to become a Minister, so that you can provide counseling and care to those in your community who need you. AND you once told me that after a hurricane, when your neighbor's roof was damaged, you helped him to put up a big blue tarp to cover the hole in his roof.

@4meAndyou Yes I did. 🙂

@cherokeepatti @4meAndyou before your day ends, my greetings to both of you lovely ladies on Valentine’s 💕

@WandererTony thank you, Tony. Same to you today.

@WandererTony Thank you so much! Happy Valentine's day to you, as well!

@dancingtongue If everyone raised responsible self-sufficient children many of our social woes could be resolved or lessened greatly. Stronger families build a stronger society.

@cherokeepatti I agree. Otoh, the ability to do so can vary greatly given circumstances: single parents, having to work multiple low paying jobs to provide a roof and food, bad schools and neighborhoods but all you can afford, etc. As the pandemic demonstrated, and I can attest to having been bedridden for four years and homeschooled by my mother who WAS a teacher, homeschooling and remote learning are not as complete or good as being in a decent classroom with others. It does truly take a village, although the parents are primary in that village.

@MarineBob I’ll just bet you do, Bob. 😂 you seem very outspoken

@SW-User Me too! Though it’s in a maximum security correctional facility.

@SevIsPamprinYouAlways oof

@BritishFailedAesthetic Something worthwhile to yourselves and the community.
I hope it goes well 👍

@Nimbus Thanks so much, appreciated!

@saragoodtimes Yes! I was young then, too. My mother used to shop there. 😊

@saragoodtimes Did you used to go to the Livingston Roller Rink?

@MsSwan no there was one in Florham Park

@darkmere1983 That's OK 👍

@MsSwan you’re here on sw making people laugh which helps cure our depression

@TurtlePink Thank you for saying that. 🥰

@Justmeraeagain Not yet anyway? ;)

@Nimbus Even tempted,I refrain, people should be grateful 😏

@Justmeraeagain 😛

@smiler2012 No true Scouser would mention that dreaded word! :;

@Lilymoon Yay!
Keep the country going 👍

@Really Good thing I've got a sense of humor

@TheLordOfHell [quote]Good thing I've got a sense of humor[/quote]Me too but sometimes it's a bit dark.

@Really same!

@Justenjoyit

oh I misread that - decadent person !

@C11111111111111 Chinese curry, yum! :)

@Elanor You have a cool house with a cool sky.

@Elanor that's a beautiful pic